d9-clube-logoThere is no information on the D9 Clube website indicating who owns or runs the business.

The D9 Clube website domain (“d9clube.com”) was registered on the 6th of January 2016. Danilo Vunjão Santana Gouvêia is listed as the owner, with an address in Bahia, Brazil also provided.

On his Facebook profile, Gouvêia identifies himself as D9 Clube’s CEO and Founder.

Prior to launching D9 Clube Gouvêia was promoting the OneThor Ponzi scheme.

Read on for a full review of the D9 Clube MLM opportunity.

The D9 Clube Product Line

D9 Clube market a $280 voucher subscription that provides access to a sports betting platform.

D9 Clube claim to have betting experts that provide betting tips through the platform, with subscribers able to bet on games live.

D9 Clube marketing material claims ROIs of 30% to 150% are made on bets placed through the independent betting platform BetFair.

The D9 Clube Compensation Plan

The D9 Clube compensation plan pays affiliates to sell vouchers to retail customers.

D9 Clube affiliates are also paid direct and residual commissions on the recruitment of new affiliates.

Retail Commissions

D9 Clube affiliates are paid a 30% commission when sell a $280 vouchers to retail customers.

A voucher permits the customer to access the D9 Clube betting platform for 52 weeks.

Recruitment Commissions

D9 Clube affiliates are directly paid to recruit new affiliates.

Recruitment commissions are paid out as a percentage of points attached to D9 Clube’s affiliate packages:

  • D9 Clube affiliate fee – 20 points
  • Bronze Trader – 85 points
  • Silver Trader – 185 points
  • Gold Trader and Gold Trader+ – 340 points

How much of a percentage is paid out is determined by how much a D9 Clube affiliate spent on their affiliate package:

  • no package purchase = 20% commission
  • Bronze Trader – 30%
  • Silver Trader – 40%
  • Gold Trader and Gold Trader+ = 50%

Residual Recruitment Commissions (unilevel)

Residual unilevel recruitment commissions in D9 Clube are paid out via a unilevel compensation structure.

A unilevel compensation structure places an affiliate at the top of a unilevel team, with every personally recruited affiliate placed directly under them (level 1):

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If any level 1 affiliates recruit new affiliates, they are placed on level 2 of the original affiliate’s unilevel team.

If any level 2 affiliates recruit new affiliates, they are placed on level 3 and so on and so forth down a theoretical infinite number of levels.

D9 Clube cap payable unilevel levels at six, with commissions paid out as a percentage of corresponding points of each affiliate package:

  • Bronze Traders earn 5% on level 1 and 3% on levels 2 and 3
  • Silver Traders earn 5% on level 1, 3% on levels 2 and 3 and 2% on level 4
  • Gold Trader and Gold Trader+ affiliates earn 5% on level 1, 3% on levels 2 and 3, 2% on level 4 and 1% on levels 5 and 6

Note that the level 1 commission is paid out in addition to the direct recruitment commission.

Residual Recruitment Commissions (binary)

Residual binary commissions in D9 Clube are paid out via a binary compensation structure.

A binary compensation structure places an affiliate at the top of a binary team, split into two sides:

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The first level of the binary team houses two positions. The second level is generated by splitting each of the first two positions into another two positions each (4 positions).

Subsequent levels of the binary team are generated as required, with each new level housing twice as many positions as the previous level.

Each day affiliate package points are tallied up on both sides of the binary.

D9 Clube affiliates are paid a percentage of matched points according to which affiliate package they purchased:

  • no package purchase: 10% of matched points
  • Bronze Trader – 20% of matched points
  • Silver Trader – 30% of matched points
  • Gold Trader and Gold Trader+ – 40% of matched points

Unmatched points on the stronger binary side are carried over.

Monthly Membership Fee Commissions

Each D9 Clube affiliate must pay $50 a month in fees.

This fee is commissionable via a unilevel compensation structure that pays down six levels of recruitment:

  • Bronze Traders earn 10% on level 1 and 7% on levels 2 and 3
  • Silver Traders earn 10% on level 1, 7% on levels 2 and 3 and 6% on level 4
  • Gold Trader and Gold Trader+ affiliates earn 10% on level 1, 7% on levels 2 and 3, 6% on levels 4 and 5 and 4% on level 6

For more information on unilevel compensation structures see “Residual Recruitment Commissions (unilevel)” above.

Affiliate Package ROI

Each affiliate package purchased by a D9 Clube  affiliate pays a weekly 15% ROI.

This equates to:

  • Bronze Trader affiliates receiving $12.75 a week
  • Silver Trader affiliates receiving $27.75 a week
  • Gold Trader affiliates receiving $51 a week
  • Gold Trader+ affiliates receiving $170 a week

Affiliate Package ROIs pay out for 52 weeks, after which an affiliate must purchase another D9 Clube affiliate package.

Referral commissions on Affiliate Package ROIs are available and paid out via a unilevel compensation structure.

  • Bronze Traders earn 3% on level 1 and 2% on levels 2 and 3
  • Silver Traders earn 3% on level 1, 2% on levels 2 and 3 and 1% on level 4
  • Gold Trader and Gold Trader+ affiliates earn 3% on level 1, 2% on levels 2 and 3 and 1% on levels 4 to 6

For more information on unilevel compensation structures see “Residual Recruitment Commissions (unilevel)” above.

Career Plan Bonuses

D9 Clube’s Career Plan Bonuses reward affiliates when for reaching generated point milestones on their weaker binary side.

  • generate 6800 point on your weaker binary side and receive an Invicta watch (must be a Silver Trader or higher)
  • generate 17,000 points and receive an iPhone 6 Plus (must be a Silver Trader or higher)
  • generate 34,000 points and receive a cruise (must be Gold Trader or higher)
  • generate 170,000 points and receive an “international trip” (must be Gold Trader or higher)
  • generate 340,800 points and receive a Honda Fit car (must be Gold Trader or higher)
  • generate 510,000 points and receive a Toyota Corolla or Honda Civic car (must be Gold Trader or higher)
  • generate 850,000 points and receive a Mercedes or BMW car (must be Gold Trader or higher)
  • generate 1,530,000 points and receive a Range Rover Evoque (must be Gold Trader or higher)

Joining D9 Clube

Basic D9 Clube affiliate membership is $50 (no package purchase).

The income potential of a D9 Clube affiliate can be increased via purchase of an optional affiliate package:

  • Bronze Trader – $249
  • Silver Trader – $499
  • Gold Trader – $998
  • Gold Trader+ – $1996

Conclusion

The betting platform side of D9 Clube on its own appears to be legitimate.

Customers pay $280 for a voucher that provides access to the D9 Clube platform for 52 weeks.

Betting tips are provided through the platform, which customers can act on via a BetFair account.

Unfortunately this side of the business is entirely let down by the attached MLM opportunity.

There’s no getting around the fact that D9 Clube’s compensation plan pays affiliates to recruit new affiliates.

This is chain-recruitment and alone symptomatic of a pyramid scheme.

A big question mark also hangs on the source of revenue D9 Clube affiliates’ weekly ROIs are paid from.

The company represents it’s from their own sports betting. If D9 Clube were able to consistently generate 30% to 150% ROIs on sports betting however, why would they be soliciting thousands of dollars from their affiliates?

Without dollar for dollar auditing of how D9 Clube ROIs are paid out, the source of ROI funds is difficult to clarify either way.

What we can look at is the inhouse betting platform. As a prospective D9 Clube affiliate, ask your potential upline for screenshots of their own BetFair account showing consistent ROIs.

If this information is unavailable, then ask for proof the betting platform is worth paying $280 for access to.

The logic here is that if D9 Clube’s own platform can’t provide affiliates similar weekly ROIs than what the company offered, then it’s a good bet newly invested funds are being shuffled around to pay off existing investors.

This would make D9 Clube a Ponzi scheme.

Supporting this is the fact that a large percentage of affiliate package funds are paid out in recruitment commissions. This would seem to hardly leave enough funds for D9 Clube to make bets on, let alone consistently pay out a weekly ROI with.

Even if we run with the assumption that D9 Clube are not recycling newly invested funds, regulatory compliance issues are still evident.

There is nothing on the D9 Clube website suggesting the company has registered to offer securities in any jurisdiction.

In providing a passive ROI, D9 Clube’s affiliate package easily qualify as a securities offering. Failing confirmation D9 Clube have registered with a securities regulator, it appears the company is offering unregistered securities.

Pay to play is also a problem in the D9 Clube compensation plan, with how much an affiliate pays when they sign up dictating their income potential.

In MLM income potential should always be tied to sales performance, not how much affiliate pays in fees.

Danilo-Vunjao-Santana-Gouveia-ceo-founder-d9-clubePersonally I’m of the opinion that while a percentage of funds might be used to make bets, it’s probably not enough to pay the ROIs D9 Clube promise their affiliates.

Danilo Santana’s participation in OneThor demonstrates an existing familiarity with Ponzi schemes, weighing against giving D9 Clube the benefit of the doubt.

If indeed newly invested funds are being used to pay off existing investors, then like all Ponzi schemes D9 Clube will collapse once affiliate recruitment dies down.

Mathematically this will see the majority of D9 Clube affiliates lose money.